Refuse container



June 22 1943. 'w. E. HEITHOFF REFUSE /coNTAINER Filed Deo. 23, 1940 off;

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Patented lune 2 2, 1943 Y REFUSE CONTAINER William E. Heithoil, Dika,Iowa Application December 23, 1940,' Serial No. 371,337

V1 claim. (c1. S12-155) My invention relates to improvements inseparable refuse containers, and particularly to such as combine aninner separable container for refuse within a housed and tiltablecontainer or vreceptacle which latter in turn is hingedly mounted in anopen front casing, permitting the inner casing to be removed when lledfrom ther" tiltable container.

One object of my invention is to provide a hinged top cover part havinga releasable connection to the tiltable container when tipped forwardlyto an open position to receive refuse in an inner removable casingtherein.

`Another object of my invention is to supply mechanical means operablefrom without the outer container to tip the inner hinged receptacle toan open position to permit the inner casing to be seated therein orremoved therefrom conveniently manually.

.Another object of my invention is to provide` other means such as astop device ormeans for separable coaction mounted respectively on thetippable container and on one inner wall of the outermost container, tohold the said v`tippable container in a forwardly tilted position whilethe inner casing isfbeing placed in said tippable container or beingremoved therefrom.

Another object of my invention is the mount- I ing of la mediallycrimped rock-shaft within the lower inner part of the outermostcontainer, having a foot pedal thereon positioned without said containerfor rocking the tippable inner container outwardly by means of thecrimped part of the rockshaft when said hinged cover part is rockedupwardly by means of the linking releasable connections between saidcover part and the A tiltable receptacle.

, Another object of my invention is the .shaping of the removable innercasing or garbage receptacle to t within the tiltable container, and inalso the inner tippable casing may be made from.

wood or other material or metal as desired.

It is `to be understood that various changes may be adopted in 'thedifferent elements of my invention, without departing from thisinvention or the scope of the claims herein.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my invention'with l portions of the hitherside wall broken away, and showing the inner tippable container in anopen position, with parts shown in dotted lines. Figs. 2

to.7 are displayed on a. reduced scale. Fig. 2

is a front elevation of my invention as completely opened. Fig. 3 is aside walliielevation of the outer container as collapsed, with theinnermost refuse receptacle indicated in dottedlines. Fig. 4. is a frontelevation of my invention as closed..

with a corner portion of the front wall broken away. Fig. 5 is anelevation of the inner refuse receptacle as removed `from the tiltablereceptacle, and showing the top flaps extended. Fig. 6 is a sideelevation of the' receptacle shown in y Fig. 5. Fig. '7 is a perspectiveview oi the same.

constructing it for being collapsed together when not in use, and in theaddition at the open top parts of the container or garbage receptacle ofbendable flaps at four sidesthereof, of which an opposite pair arefoldable over each other when the receptacle is lled, andthe otheropposite pair may be bent inwardly in superposition, one of the napsbeing transversely slotted toreceive therethrough an opposite triangularflap, for use I not only as a closure, but having its outer terminationusable when bent upwardly as a ngcrhold Referring first to said Fig. 1,where the front wall 6 is tilted open on its-hinges 6a, the outerhousing has a bottom plate 2, a rear wall I, side walls 4 and 5, and atop wall, consisting oi a I *rigid part 3 and a rockable part 3a hingedat 3b to the forward end of thepart 3. 'I'he numeralI 3c denotes an openhook depending from the part 3a into the housing, and shown in openposition.

The tiltable front wall4 6 has an inwardly directed open top box l0 xedthereon, with the bottom oi the box spaced from the floor member 2, andhas on the side wall and right hand upper part of the box l0 anoutwardly directed stud 3d.

shown as received in the hooked .member 3c to releasably retain the boxI0 in open tilted position.

In Figs. 1 `to 4, are shown pedal operating means for `rocking the opent'op box l@ together with the front wall 6 to a forwardly openingposition as hinged at the lower edge of said wall at 6a.

in lifting the casing when filled with garbage or other substances.

I have successfully used my invention in actual practicefor'the aboveuses. The outer casing,

This means consists of a rigid rod .9 havinga looped handle part 9a.without the housing side wall 4, being bent to the front, whereby therod 9, which'is seated through the housing side wall lapertures thereforrockably, has within the lower part of the housing a medial part 9b bentangularly slopingly upward as shown in Fig. 1, to contagt with thebottom of the inner box lo. I have f provided a spaced bar 'l fixedinclinedly on the lower inner faceof the housing wall 4, and a short pin8 fixed on the adjacent lower rear corner wall of the box I0 projectslaterally, whereby when the box I0 is tilted rearwardly to the positionshown in Fig. 1, itis stopped by the wardly tilted position when in use.It will be understood, that when the looped part 9a of the rod 9 hasbeen pushed as a pedal'downwardly, the oblique part 9b of the rod willengage and rock to an open position the box I0. When the pedal member 9ais released, the box I0 will drop toV closel the front wall 6, thusreleasing the pin 3d at the same time from the hook 3c, allowing thecover part 3a to move ,downwardly toa closed position, and lifting thelooped rod part 9a.

It will be understood, that the innermost receptacle I I may beconstructed of foldable or other shape as desired, and may be made ofexible or rigid material, or liquid proof for continued use. i

I claim:

In combination, ina separable refuse container,

l pin 8, to place and support the box l0 in a forthe segmental top coverand having a depending xed upwardly. open Vhook rearwardly directed landuptumed on the rear part of the lower face thereof, an open top rigidreceptacle mounted upon the inner face of the closure member to seatwithin the container, an inner open top removable iiexible 'sack seatedremovably in said open top` receptacle, a transverse rock-shaft with endparts traversing the lower ends ofthe side Walls with one outer end partbent angularly forwardly, the

`medial lower part of the rock-'shaft being bent end-,supported on aninner face of one sidewall an outer housing having side Walls, a rearwall, a

of the housing, and a fixed stop laterally directed outwardly on oneside Aface of the rigid receptacle adapted to releasably engage saidfixed looped bar when the outer angular part of thel rock-shaft isrocked forwardly i WILLIAM E. HEITHOFF.

